There's nothing like a crisp Yarra Valley blueberry birthday wine to motivate you to finish a project, right?

My sister bought me this for my birthday after a trip away. It's perfect chilled in the sunshine - the wine chilled, us in the sun that is.

Especially admitting the new deck! Of course we had interruptions as Dad died but three weeks is not bad for someone to finish a deck on their own. In the end it cost $3k Australian which is - idk - a third of the price it'd cost someone to do it.

The stairs you see are temporary - Jamie will build a platform when he gets half a chance. But at least it'll be easier on my hips to jump down to pick some veggies and feed the chooks!

We are yet to pace over the rest of the slab it sits on but honestly it looks so much better. We have been wondering what to do for fifteen years so we are stoked to get it done. Ghost Dad loves it.

I can't believe it's finally done. If we had more money I'd put up a pergola as well but that's a step too far. There's plenty of other places to sit anyway. All we need to do now is oil it.

Oh, and do the fascia boards round the edge, but right now, we have some blueberry wine to finish...not a bad way to enjoy a birthday weekend.

The above song is one of my all time faves. I was just talking to Jamie about how the further you get from the 80s the better you remember it.

Or maybe that's the blueberry wine talking.

With Love,

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